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IW Capital closes first secured debt fund

IW Capital – a debt, equity and EIS investment specialist based in the heart of Mayfair – has closed its first secured debt fund. The GBP2.0million Fund is the first in a series of diversified investment vehicles that IW Capital has launched over the past few months.  With the close of this first senior debt fund, IWC

Sofinnova Partners launches MD Start III Medtech Acceleration Fund at EUR48 million

Sofinnova Partners, a European venture capital firm specialised in Life Sciences, has launched MD Start III, which closed above its original target of EUR40 million.  With this new medtech acceleration fund, Sofinnova Partners continues to reinforce its coverage across the Life Sciences sector, with funds operated by dedicated teams investing

Idinvest Partners holds final closing of ISIA Fund at EUR340m

Idinvest Partners, an investor in SMEs across Europe, today announces the final closing of the Idinvest SME Industrial Assets Fund (ISIA) at EUR340 million, surpassing its initial target of EUR300 million by 13 per cent. Launched at the end of 2017, ISIA is the first diversified fund intended to finance

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Assetz Capital adds dedicated private fund for institutional investors

Assetz Capital has added a new private fund for institutional investors, in collaboration with a specialist marketplace lending fund manager. The fund gives institutional investors and family offices an additional and dedicated channel to invest in loans on the Assetz Capital marketplace. Established in Luxembourg, the private fund is eligible

Accel raises USD575m fund to back companies in Europe and Israel

Venture capital firm Accel has raised a USD575 million fund, its sixth to be invested in early stage companies across Europe and Israel. Accel opened its doors in London in 2000, aiming to become the first meaningful partner to exceptional entrepreneurs from the region. Since those early days, Europe has

LeapFrog breaks impact investing record with USD700m emerging markets fund

LeapFrog Investments has launched what it says is the largest-ever private equity fund by a dedicated impact fund manager, surging past its USD600 million target to reach USD700 million.  The new fund invests in healthcare and financial services companies – tapping into the demand from billions of emerging consumers in

Akin Gump advises Lighthouse on third India PE fund

Akin Gump has advised Lighthouse, one of India’s leading, middle market private equity firms, in the final closing of Lighthouse India Fund III, with a value of USD230 million, and with additional capital available for co-investment opportunities. Fund III closed on 30 April, 2019. Investors in Fund III include global

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Commonfund Capital closes second secondaries fund at USD450m

Commonfund Capital has held the closing of its second secondaries fund, Commonfund Capital Secondary Partners II with USD450 million of capital commitments sourced from investors including endowments, foundations, pension plans, insurance pools and family offices. The total raised is more than double the USD170 million committed to Commonfund Capital Secondary

Julian Klymochko, Accelerate Financial

Accelerate launches initial suite of alternative ETFs

Accelerate Financial Technologies has launched three zero management fee, performance fee only alternative exchange traded funds (Accelerate Alt ETFs).  Each Accelerate Alt ETF has closed the initial offering of units, and is now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).   “Accelerate was founded with the mission to democratise alternative

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